Species Strophurus spinula Sadlier, Beatson, Brennan & Bauer, 2023

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• Strophurus spinula Sadlier, R.A., Beatson, C.A., Brennan, I. & Bauer, A.M. 2023. A new species of spiny-tailed gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from the mulga woodlands of inland Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 38: 11-26 [16].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R135136, Rosemont [Mine], [N of Laverton], WA [27.9308°S, 122.3181°E].
  Paratype(s) WAM R112107, R117157, R136609-10, R136771, R140417, R144778-9, various locations in central southern WA; AMS R150638, Menzies, 7 km NE of Menzies [29.65°S, 121.05°E].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Strophurus assimilis Storr, 1988 [a misidentification]. —
  Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. (a misidentification, in part)

Introduction

Previously treated as S. assimilis but the northern population shown to be a new species by Sadlier et al. (2023)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Murchison (MUR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Common Name References

Sadlier, R.A., Beatson, C.A., Brennan, I. & Bauer, A.M. 2023. A new species of spiny-tailed gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from the mulga woodlands of inland Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 38: 11-26 [16] (Lesser Thorn-tailed Gecko)

History of changes